The
Greatness of a Nation and its Moral Progress can be Judged by the way its
Animals are Treated. [Gandhi]

"Here are these exquisite, immensely
powerful creatures, who willingly give us their labor in return for our
stewardship. They have attended us throughout history, bearing us across
frontiers and into battle, pulling our plows, thrilling us in sport, warming
us with their beauty. We owe them more than we can ever repay. To send these
trusting creatures to slaughter is beneath their dignity and ours." ~ Laura
Hillenbrand, author of "Seabiscuit"

"To a man whose mind is free
there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than
in the sufferings of man. For with the latter it is at least admitted that
suffering is evil and that the man who causes it is a criminal. But
thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of
remorse. If any man were to refer to it, he would be thought ridiculous. And
that is the unpardonable crime." ~ Romain Rolland, Nobel Prize 1915